I fought with the T2X for year. I finally said enough was enough when I busted the plastic CW- BRAKE - CCW levers on the control box from so much finagling. I went Yaesu 2800 and never looked back. T
I think that given how fundamentally important antennas and towers are to ham radio, the lack of anyone who knows what they are looking at reviewing the picture for proper safety procedures is unexcu
I have the remote version of this tuner. You are really trying too hard on this. Turn on the MFJ-998 and make sure its in automatic mode. Connect the antenna and the radio coax. Have your rig supply
Are people really using 4 squares as their primary receiving antennas on 160 - 40? I am surprised if so. 4 squares on the low bands should be all about steerable gain in my opinion. Heck I even use m
W2DU is an active callsign. It would seem that removing W2DU references from the 3 or 4 companies referring to that design could quickly be told to quit it by the current holder of the callsign W2DU.
I agree with Herb. I have used beverages in numerous salt water locations and had receive improvement vs the verticals near the sea also being used. Beverages are easy to try. See if they offer impro
Martin. I have a 2 el wire beam on a 36 ft boom. It is "kick a%&". What I did to solve that problem is dual drive the elements - 180 deg out of phase. Then just switch matching stubs at the bottom of
As Jim said ? it?s a W8JK. Fed 180 degrees out of phase with equal lengths of 450 Ohm open wire line. Each line is roughly ½ wave long ? very hard to match if they are close to ¼ wave long. I have sw
In many states, including Vermont, the regulations regarding non-commercial use towers and antennas (ham towers) do not apply. TA-222-G is clearly a commercial standard, not a building code for all u
You can buy very decent used Rohn 25G sections for $25 - $35 a section. Why would you even consider dealing with damaged 25G sections? Ed N1UR _______________________________________________ ________
I have 3 towers that are all about 30 ft taller than the surrounding trees. There is one oak tree approaching the height within a 200 ft circle otherwise it's the tallest around. They sit on a ridge
I forgot to add that one of the tower strikes was to a 10M EU antenna at 30ft. Vaporized about 15ft of coax and just small remnants of the balun at the feed. So much for the cone of protection.. Ed N
I have done quite a bit of "in band" low power 2 radio work. At 100 W, 2 A4 tribanders, tip to tip, 225ft separation should have still audible sounds on the cross band portion CW vs SSB - maybe 2 - 3
The irony is that in Field Day, like in NAQP and ARRL SS, the rest of the country that considers itself handicapped in DX contests, has a chance to take the lead. You would think that there would be
Roger, From my experience in Vermont at least. Before you get all cranked up on the details, try going for the big picture. If the rules you are talking about are generic to all towers both commercia
Mike, My advice is to ease into it. Work your way up. I think you may find that as you gain confidence at increasing heights, you will get to the top over time and be confident at it. If you find, af
I have a 3 sloper array off the tower to the SE, SW, NW. They are half wave ? loaded sloping dipoles that are about 80 ft long with loading coils to get ½ wave performance on 80. I just switch in and
I have hard line and coax above the ground and 12 inches into the dirt here in Vermont. Frost line here is 3ft plus down. I have never seen issues related to frost. All connectors are above ground fo
Doug, there are a couple of issues that I have found that show the same things you are seeing on my 7/8 Hardline. One was a carbonized path through the dielectric that I assume was lightning strike d
Rudy, It sounds as though you are tuning the verticals while they are coupled in the array. I always tune the individual elements in an isolated environment. Then pull up the whole array to see how i